About Sukni Village

Sukni is a small village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 91 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sukni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sukni village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262523
Area (hectares)	265.68 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	91
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sukni compares

By the 2011 count Sukni is the 46th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 265.68 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Sukni

Sukni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sukni as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sukni from other places

Sukni lies about 26 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 31 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sukni
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	26 km
District headquarters	Champawat	26 km
Nearest town	Almora	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	31 km

Villages closest to Sukni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Poornagiri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sukni

As per the Census of India 2011, Sukni village had a population of 192. That makes it the 46th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Sukni village has 91 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sukni has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Sukni is 262523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sukni covers 265.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sukni falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sukni is Kathgodam, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sukni.

Sukni is about 26 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sukni is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Poornagiri is about 26 km away. Champawat is about 26 km away. Almora is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.